Summer Dreaming – 8 x 10 inch acrylic and collage on Ampersand gessobord I am still enjoying my Let’s Face It 2017 class. Every week there is a new teacher with videos, incorporating either new techniques or showing how to tackle difficult angles. This week we learned more about “looking down” which can be…
Portrait of Rosamonde – 8 x 10 inch acrylic on Raymar professional art panel I took a short break from painting, after making those six large portraits to show at the beauty salon. But I came back recharged and ready to paint again…with a lot of color! The idea for this portrait, came initially from…
“Where Flowers Bloom” is an 8 x 10 inch acrylic painting on stretched canvas. (SOLD, thank you!) This is my second painting of a portrait such as this, with half a face showing…I love the unexpected nature of it, her peeking over the canvas like that. She’s another Frida inspired painting. And of course, you…
A Woman of Fashion – 20 x 24 inch acrylic on stretched canvas This is the last of six large portraits painted for the art showing at our local beauty salon, Headspace Beauty Lounge, for the month of June. I loved painting this one…as this girl in a top hat has shown up a few…
La Pintora Mexicana – 18 x 24 inch acrylic on stretched canvas I love to create Frida Kahlo inspired paintings, because I just love her great sense of style, and she had such a strong desire to paint in spite of her physical challenges. She was quite an influential Mexican painter, and she inspires artists…
Portrait of Marguerite – 20 x 20 acrylic on stretched canvas Another one of the “beauties” I painted to hang at the new beauty salon in my community. I have a fondness for all things Rococo…and I just LOVED painting her high hair! My favorite part, are the wispies coming off the sides of her…
”Windswept” is a 20 x 20 inch acrylic painting on stretched canvas. I am really loving this chance to make some of my smaller portrait studies into larger canvas paintings. I love her wild hair just blowing in the wind. She went through quite a metamorphosis to get to where she is now…but I finally…
Brooklyn – 18 x 24 inch acrylic and collage on stretched canvas This is one of six large canvas paintings I worked on in the past two weeks. She is a beauty, if I do say so myself…and I just adore the background, that is so full of colorful marks. Her dress is actually collaged…
May has been FULL of painting! Mostly portraits, thanks to the Let’s Face It 2017 class. I am really enjoying new techniques, new supplies, and new color palettes. Just a Dream Away – 5 x 7 inch acrylic on gessobord Charlize – 5 x 7 inch acrylic on gessobord I am completely immersed in faces…and…
Mercy #2 – 5 x 7 inch acrylic on gessobord (SOLD, thank you!) I am so happy that I had another chance to paint this little girl’s face. A couple months ago, I painted Mercy, from a photo my sister took in Kenya, of one of her new friends. I loved her sweet look, and…
A Beauty Named Rachel – 8 x 10 inch acrylic on cradled wood panel What can I say…I just love this girl! And painting her beautiful facial features, complete with stunning blue eyes, and adorable smile, was the highlight of my week! This is my niece, Rachel…and this was a surprise portrait for her (and…
Mademoiselle Amaline – 5 x 7 inch acrylic painting on Ampersand gessobord Having fun with a little Rococo style! This is one of four smaller portraits I have been working on this week. I am loving the chance to play with layers and skin tones, and practicing some of the techniques I am learning in…
